Necktie-fastener.



No; 866,943.' r PATBNTEUSBPT. 24,1907.

P., H. LONG.

NECKTIE FASTENER.V I Arruomlon rum 1:20.15. 190e.

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A TTOHNE Y PHILIP H. LONG, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

NE CKTIE-FASTENER.

No. 866,943.V

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1907.

Appleman filedv December 15,1906. serial No. 347,966.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP H. LONG, a subject of His Majesty the King ofGreat Britain, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex andState of New J ersey, have made and invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Necktie-Fasteners, of which the following is aspecification.

My inventionl relates to an improvement in necktie fasteners. It hasheretofore been necessary in articles of this kind, to make them ofcomparatively heavy metal, in order that they may withstand the pressureexerted thereon when overcoming the tension of the 'spring in`separating or opening the jaws. If the tension of the spring be madetoo light, the fastener is incapable of performing its proper functionsfor which it is I designed, and if the spring be made stiff, the platesout the necessity of increasing the thickness of the plates,

and with this and other ends in' view, consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims..

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view of a fastenerconstructed in accordance witlimy invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the fastener in its openadjustment. Fig. 4 is a detached perspective view of the spring.

Referring to the drawings, A, B, represent the two plates of thefasteneiyeach provided with the teeth C, and with a lug or projection Don each side thereof through which passes the pin E, in order to pivotor hinge the plates together. Around the pin E is coiled a spring F, oneend of which is bent into the form of a loop G, the extreme end Hthereof lying yagainst the opposite end of the coil. The other end ofthe wire is bent around to form a loopI, the extreme end K lying at theopposite end of the coil F from that of the end H.

When the parts are assembled, as illustrated in Figs. l, 2 and '3, theloop G extends around the outer periphery of the plate A, and the loop Iaround the periphery of the plate B, thereby strengthening andreinforcing the same, in that when pressure is applied to the rear endsof the plates A, B, in order `to separate the teeth O formed on theforward ends, the strain, instead of falling upon the plates, asheretofore, will be imposed upon the loops, overcoming all danger ofbending theplates, or the indenting ordisfigurement thereof by the endsof the spring. This being so, it will be evident that the springmay bemade of any desired tension, that is, a tension sufficiently great tokeep the forward ends of the jaws in a closed adjustment, and thiswithout the necessity of increasing the thickness of the plates A, B. i

As it is natural to apply the pressure to the extreme rear ends of thejaws for the purpose of separating the teeth O, it will be understoodthat there is but little orno strain on the plates themselves, pressurebeing applied over andupon the loops G and I, and hence it is possiblewhen the fastener is made of gold or other precious metal, to decreasethe cost thereof by decreasing the thickness of the plates.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim `as new and desire tosecure by Letters'latent, is:-

1. A fastener' comprising two plates, a pin upon which said plates arepivotally supported, a spring for closing .said fastener, and loopslying at one side only` of said spring and impinging against the rearportions of said plates andre-inforcng the same, substantially as described. i

2. A fastener comprising two plates, -a pin upon which said plates' arepivotally supported, and a spring coiled around said pin, the ends ofsaid spring being bent to form upper and lower loops, said loops lyingat one side only'of said` spring and impinging against the periphery ofthe rear portions of the two said plates, substantially as described.-

3. A fastener comprising two plates, a pin upon which said plates arepivotally supported, and a spring coiled around said pin, the ends ofsaid spring being bent to form rearwardly extendingl loops, the freeends of which lie against opposite ends of the coiled portion of thespring, whereby said loops will be at one side only of said coiledportion, said loops impinging against the periphery of the rear portionsof the two said plates, substantially as described.

Signed at Newark, in the county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, this7th day of Dec. A. D. 1906.

PHILIP H. LONG.

Witnesses FRED W. TAYLOR, JULrUs KOCH.

